This study was designed to ascertain the effects of specific behavioral objectives versus study questions on learning of undergraduate biology students. Three hypotheses were generated: (1) the use of study questions facilitates learning from written instructional materials, (2) if two groups are differentially exposed to either a list of specific behavioral objectives or a list of study questions based on those objectives, the group with study questions will show a greater increase in learning than the group receiving behavioral objectives, and (3) a combination of specific behavioral objectives and study questions will result in more learning than either specific behavioral objectives or study questions presented alone. To test these hypotheses an experiment was conducted. Eighty-two freshmen biology students in Saudi Arabia were randomly assigned to one of four groups: (1) Group A, specific behavioral objectives and study questions together, (2) Group B, study questions alone, (3) Group C, specific behavioral objectives alone, and (4) Group D, which served as a control group and used none of the strategies. / Three analysis of covariance were selected to test the hypotheses using the high school biology scores, the general achievement scores, and the pretest scores as covariates. / There was conclusive evidence in support of all hypotheses. Students with study questions (i.e., Groups A and B) performed significantly higher than students without study questions (i.e., Groups C and D) on a posttest given during the last day of instruction and on a retention test given a week later. It was concluded that study questions should be employed as a preinstructional strategy. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-02, Section: A, page: 0452. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1982.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75054 |
| Contributors | ZAKARI, OMAR MOHAMMAD MADANI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 125 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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